Uncovering My Wife's Secrets

Chapter 54

Chapter 54 She Was A Little Moved

It was summer when the days were long and the nights were short. It was already past seven in the evening. but the sky outside was still relatively bright

Julian and Annalise came to the small bungalow next to the villa again.

A servant handed Julian a key and left.

Stacks of neatly stacked firewood filled up half the hall of the bungalow.

Beside the firewood was a barbecue grill.

Previously, this bungalow was not locked, but now it was.

Julian unlocked the door and pushed it open.

Annalise saw two large clay pots and two large medicine jars in the room.

In addition, there were traditional medicine bags neatly placed on the cabinet.

“Can we use that?” Julian asked Annalise.

Annalise immediately checked the medicine jars and clay pots.

She touched the clay pot and nodded. “Yes. Let’s use this later.”

He might not be able to refine the pills successfully. After all, this was not a pill furnace.

Joseph had an extremely large pill furnace. It was made of copper, just like the Eight Trigrams Furnace in Journey to the West, a famous book. That furnace would have allowed them to refine pills with half the effort.

During the refinement process, smoke would appear from any opening. The smoke carried a medicinal fragrance, and one could tell if the refinement was successful or not with a single sniff.

However, Joseph rarely let her use it. In his words, those who knew how to write were not picky about pens, those who knew how to draw were not picky about paint, those who knew how to treat illnesses were not picky about equipment, and those who knew how to refine medicine were naturally not picky about tools. When Joseph taught her how to refine elixir pills, he would always ask her to use medicine jars and clay pots. Every time, she would get so tired that she sweated profusely, and she often failed.

Sometimes, when she saw that the expensive medicinal ingredients were burned black, she would feel extremely sorry. However, Joseph would laugh as if nothing had happened. “Let’s see if you’ll still be distracted or dare not be focused next time.”

Because her heart ached for the expensive medicinal ingredients, her subsequent failure rate became lower and lower.

This was because she had memorized the characteristics of all known traditional herbs and their reactions during the refinement process.

Every time before refining pills, she would also discuss what might happen to the pills with Joseph.

As time passed and she refined more and more pills, her success rate increased.

“Shall we start now?” Julian was eager.

He felt that he was behaving a little strangely. It was not rare to brew traditional medicine, but when he thought that Annalise would be personally brewing it, he felt that she would be able to bring it to another level.

“Later. Let’s go back and get the barbecue ingredients,” Annalise said.

When she went back to get the barbecue ingredients, Annalise asked for her suitcase. Julian took her to the cloakroom and gave her the suitcase.

Annalise took out a 100-year-old ginseng from her suitcase.

The prescriptions she gave Old Mr. Parks were all prescriptions to clear his meridians. She wanted to add the ginseng into the mixture when she refined the elixir pill.

A good elixir pill needed a guide.

After this 100-year-old ginseng was refined, its medicinal effects would be fully unleased. It could truly

nourish and regulate the body.

After going downstairs, Annalise found a servant to get the barbecue ingredients.

The maid had filled a rectangular plate with at least two hundred skewers of various ingredients.

The servant handed a few more bottles of barbecue sauce to Annalise and asked politely if she wanted help. Another servant immediately pulled the servant who was talking to Annalise aside and winked.

Annalise picked up the plate. Julian took it and said gently. “Let me do it.”

“Okay.” Hence, Annalise went to take the bottles and cans used for the barbecue.

The two then left the villa.

The servants behind them started whispering.

“Hey, did you see that? Mr. Parks smiled just now.”

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“Mrs. Parks is really amazing. She can make Mr. Parks happy.”

“I saw a post when I was scrolling through social media yesterday, and it said that the heavens will make it up to you for what you lack. Mr. Parks had a bad childhood, so the heavens brought Mrs. Parks to him to make it up to him.”

“Sigh, it’s a pity that her status is not as high as his.”

“What does it matter? When Master Samuel married the madam back then, her status wasn’t high either. Master Samuel and the madam’s relationship has always been good!”

“That’s right. I hope that Mr. and Mrs. Parks will be happy.”

They continued their discussion.

Annalise and Julian returned to the small bungalow.

It was already dark at this point.

Annalise wanted to bring the clay pot and medicine jar to the kitchen. Julian immediately helped her. “I’ll do

it!”

The dignified young master of the Parks family had never done chores like this before, but now he was like an errand boy.

Annalise looked at the way Julian was working and smiled. She then went to take some firewood.

Julian immediately said, “Don’t move. Leave it. I’ll do it.”

“I can do it,” Annalise said with a smile.

Seeing how Julian treated her, she could not help but compare him to Benjamin.

As soon as she compared them, she would discover more details.

The details were really hurtful.

On the surface, Benjamin was very good to her, but in reality, he rarely did things for her.

For example, if Benjamin was here now, he would either watch her work or call the servants over.

Once, they had driven to see the sunrise, but the car had broken down halfway through. She had gone down to fix the car while Benjamin stood by and watched.

At that time, she did not think that there was anything wrong.

Perhaps she was too independent. She always felt that men and women were equal, so it was not a problem for Benjamin not to work. After all, he was the young master and had been pampered all his life.

It wasn’t until Julian volunteered to move things for her that she realized that a person who cared for her would not be that arrogant.

“Is it enough?” Julian carried a few bundles of firewood to the kitchen and asked Annalise.

“Yes. We’ll get more later if we need it,” Annalise said. The kitchen was close to the living room so it would not be a hassle to go and get some more firewood later.

“Then it’s not enough. I’ll get some more.” Julian went to get firewood again.

When Annalise heard what Julian said, a strange feeling emerged in her chest again. Her heart sped up for a moment, and the feeling was so fleeting that she was not able to grasp it.

“Is the water here clean?” Annalise turned on the tap and let the water run.

“I don’t think so. Let it run for a while.” Julian kept moving the firewood and soon, there was a pile of it in the kitchen.

Annalise saw that the water was turning clearer.

Julian said, “I had the jars and clay pots cleaned.”

“Okay,” Annalise replied.

She then started a fire.

After the fire started, she opened up all six bags of traditional medicine and began to sort them.

Julian wanted to help. “Do you want to sort all of them according to their types?”

“Yes,” Annalise said.

Julian felt that Annalise would have to do a lot of work, so he suggested, “Why don’t I get someone to buy them again and have them packed separately?”

Annalise said as she sorted the medicinal ingredients, “Then Samuel will only recover a few days later.”

*Samuel’s illness is chronic. There’s no hurry. It’s too hard for you to sort it out like this,” Julian said.

Annalise’s heart suddenly trembled.